Humanities
51猎奇 interns, alums help public museum bring weapons exhibit to life
From the New Zealand wahaika to the Aztec macuahuitl, weapons have been part of human culture across the globe and throughout history. An exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum explores that, and 51猎奇 students and alums were integral in creating it.
500 years after start of Reformation, Luther expert says parallels still echo
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, an internationally recognized expert on Martin Luther and a distinguished professor of history at 51猎奇, has been in demand as a speaker during the Year of Luther.
51猎奇 historian appears in Sept. 12 PBS film on Martin Luther
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UW-Milwaukee distinguished professor of history, appears in 鈥淢artin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World,鈥� premiering nationwide on PBS on Sept. 12 (in Milwaukee, at 7 p.m. on Milwaukee Public Television). Wiesner-Hanks is an internationally recognized scholar of early modern Europe, especially issues of gender and the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. She has […]
Book excerpt: How 鈥楶ac-Man鈥� lured women into video game arcades
Video games emerged in the early 1970s and soon made a huge impact on American life. A new book by Michael Z. Newman, associate professor of JAMS at 51猎奇, chronicles that time.
Econ grad persists through disappointment and lands dream job
After Linh Pham scored 11 quick interviews but didn鈥檛 get a job offer, 鈥淚 felt like it was the end of the world,鈥� she said. But she persisted.
American Indian studies grad sees a responsibility to others
For James Flores, a college education isn鈥檛 something that benefits only himself: 鈥淚 have moral obligation to spread what I鈥檝e learned at 51猎奇 and positively affect my community.鈥�
Scholar explores 鈥楾he Holy Madmen of Tibet鈥�
David DiValerio鈥檚 research reveals a side of Tibetan Buddhism that most westerners will find surprising.
Alum wins Malkiel young faculty leaders award
51猎奇 alum Ashley Glassburn Falzetti (MA, philosophy, 2006), has been named a 2017 Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar by the 聽Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Falzetti, an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Eastern Michigan University, was one of 10 young faculty leaders named by the foundation. Falzetti will receive a 12-month award of […]
51猎奇 History Department chosen for career diversity institutes
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee History Department has been selected to participate in the American Historical Association鈥檚 2017-鈥�18 Career Diversity for Historians Faculty Institutes. Participation in this Institute will make the history department eligible to apply for an award that will subsidize聽support for one doctoral student as a Career Diversity Graduate Fellow during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. […]
New study: Sad images can help charities attract donors
Television advertisements showing sad-faced, hungry children may seem clich茅, but they鈥檙e probably an effective way for charities to attract new donors. That鈥檚 one takeaway from a new study conducted by Xiaoxia Cao, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies (JAMS). Cao looked at whether images of happy or sad people […]